Weekly Flylady Thread 24th November 2014

Natty68

Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us.

Thank you to Dusty for last week's thread

There are 3 levels per day with depending on how much time you have. Feel free to mix and match to suit your own personal circumstances.

Every room comes back around next week so please don’t stress about catching up.

These lists are only suggestions and not a must do list; you are more than welcome to post and follow your own lists.

Also adding a declutter mission each day will help to gradually clear the clutter and make flying easier.

A few of the basics before we start the week:

Hotspots are areas where if one thing gets put there, loads of other things follow!

Daily routines are anything you need to do on a daily basis like washing, swish and swipe kitchen and bathroom, ironing, making beds, vacuuming high traffic areas, making meals etc.

Night-time routines are all things which make getting ready in the morning easier, preparing clothes for the next day, making lunches, swish & swipes of the kitchen and tidying the living room before you go to bed plus personals like shower/brush teeth etc.

Fling Boogie - stick on some loud music, grab a bin bag and whiz around the house finding items that can go out with the rubbish, recycling, for charity shop, basically anything that will stop it cluttering your home.

Swish and swipe/S&S means have a quick wipe over an area such as a sink or toilet to prevent the build up of dirt. This is usually done on a daily basis

HHE/HHC/HHI Half Hour exercise/challenge/ironing ... run around for 30 minutes to the Benny Hill music frantically cleaning exercising or ironing.. other music may be used if you prefer!

Click here to read Toots wonderful welcome guide

Ok here goes this week!

Monday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
15 minutes...
Clean floors in these rooms
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
30 minutes to spare...
Clear any clutter from desk and file the necessary bits and shred the rest!
Pull out PC desk and declutter/vacuum behind it, making it all pretty and clean..
Descale shower head!
Dust wipe and vacuum keyboard! Polish screens!
Got an hour...
Wipe down tiles and mirrors
Clean shower screen/curtain.bath mats etc if required
Sort towels and dispose of raggedy ones

Extras

• HHI!!
• Tidy airing cupboard!
• Binbag dance!
• Wipe any chairs/sofas in these areas

Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
15 minutes...
Declutter and mop/vacuum floor
Clear and wipe work surfaces
30 minutes to spare...
Wipe units and large appliances
Give one small appliance a good clean!
Wipe out the fridge and get rid of anything gross and slide the stuff that needs using now into your meal plan
Got an hour...
Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
wash windows and any other glass.
Clean through the cupboard full of crockery.. throw out any chipped plates/mugs etc
Extras

• Clean the oven and hob
• Wipe down all the paintwork
• Clean blinds and light fittings
• Dust and deweb.
• If you want a christmas supermarket delivery you need to book it this week!
• You could make a start on christmas baking and freeze bits.. once your freezer is free from frozen frost that is!!!

Wednesday - living area, hall and stairs
15 minutes...
Declutter all these areas
Vacuum these areas
30 minutes to spare...
Wipe/vacuum sofas
Wash windows
Dust.. inc electrical appliances
Got an hour...
Wash any soft furnishings in need
Binbag dance
Tidy coats/shoes bags etc
Extras

• Spend half an hour doing something for yourself
• HHI
• wipe and water plants
• Wipe down all the paintwork in these areas

Thursday - Master bedroom & landing
15 minutes...
Strip and wash bedding
vacuum mattress and replace clean sheets
30 minutes to spare...
Wash windows
HHC on the landing
floordrobe clearance in the bedroom
Got an hour...
Sort out your present stash.. less than a month to go now!!.. Do you have enough paper?
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Dust and wipe any paintwork
Extras

• Write those christmas cards and sort stamps for those to be posted
• HHI
• Binbag dance
• Plan your shopping list for your christmas goodies.. don't forget the turkey! If you are ordering stuff from local shops.. pork pies/meat etc get it done this week!

Friday ~ Kiddies room.. if you have no kiddies do another room!
15 minutes...
Declutter the floors
Strip the bedding get it washed dried and the beds remade!
Spend half an hour loving yourself!
30 minutes to spare...
Vacuum the floors
Straighten a cupboard of clothing
Wipe the paintwork
Got an hour...
Tidy a box of 'stuff'
Binbag dance!.. See how many toys you can fling before the large guy in red arrives.
Dust and deweb
Extras

• HHI
• Wash windows
• Fill a binbag for charity shop!
• Wipe over ALL the upstairs doors!!

Honey_Bear

Thanks Natty! And thank you to Dusty for last week's thread. I'm in, hopefully on a bit more of a decluttering mission.

bossymoo

Me please, thanks all for the lists and lovely support.

I'm in the office for the next two days but will make time to fly and really must sort the dust bunnies out - I think they are breeding

Dustykitten

Thanks Natty, I'll be here possibly working off list, for now though bed.

pigpen

Effyb4 wrote: »

I say if you can't beat them join them. I ended up learning to play League of Legends with my boys because I got fed up with not knowing what they were going on about. .

PMSL.. where do you think I have been for the last 2 weeks? (new expansion release on 13th November)


cheers me dears for Fred xx

Kaz2904

I'm in again. Need to get started on some wrapping here, my bedroom is overflowing with Christmas gifts scattered all around the room :eek:.
Need to get DS and SiL birthday presents and the last 4 Christmas gifts. Some phone calls to make tomorrow too. Need to lie in tomorrow as working tomorrow night but don't want too long in bed on Tuesday.

Had a lovely walk along Brean Down today. So sunny, can't believe it's December so soon!

cattysmum

Thank you Natty for the new thread, week of nights finished tomorrow so a nice week off, need to fit in some Crimbo shopping, visiting Mum and DDs and grandchildren, hoping to do some decluttering this week. Looking for someone to board out part of our loft and fit a loft ladder to create some decent storage, will start first thing in the morning on bathroom, cant do floor as only got floorboards at the moment, need to order Lino..... feeling organised, thanks.
Monday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
15 minutes...
Clean floors in these rooms (no flooring)
[STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets and sinks[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare...
[STRIKE]Clear any clutter from desk and file the necessary bits and shred the rest[/STRIKE]!
[STRIKE]Pull out PC desk and declutter/vacuum behind it, making it all pretty and clean..[/STRIKE]
Descale shower head![STRIKE]
Dust wipe and vacuum keyboard! Polish screens![/STRIKE]
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Wipe down tiles and mirrors [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean shower screen/curtain.bath mats etc if required[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort towels and dispose of raggedy ones[/STRIKE]

Extras

• HHI!!
• Tidy airing cupboard!(did this last week)
• Binbag dance!

[STRIKE]Wipe any chairs/sofas in these areas
[/STRIKE]

• Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
  15 minutes...
  [STRIKE]Declutter and mop/vacuum floor[/STRIKE]
  [STRIKE]Clear and wipe work surfaces[/STRIKE]
  30 minutes to spare...
  [STRIKE]Wipe units and large appliances[/STRIKE]
  [STRIKE]Give one small appliance a good clean
  [STRIKE]Wipe out the fridge and get rid of anything gross and slide the stuff that needs using now into your meal plan[/STRIKE]
  Got an hour...
  [STRIKE] Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb![/STRIKE]
  [STRIKE]wash windows and any other glass.[/STRIKE]
  [STRIKE]Clean through the cupboard full of crockery.. throw out any chipped plates/mugs etc(did this last week)[/STRIKE]
  Extras
  
  • [STRIKE]Clean the oven and hob[/STRIKE]
  • [STRIKE]Wipe down all the paintwork[/STRIKE]
  • Clean blinds and [STRIKE]light fittings[/STRIKE]
  [STRIKE]
• Dust and deweb.[/STRIKE]

• 
  
  • If you want a christmas supermarket delivery you need to book it this week!
  • You could make a start on christmas baking and freeze bits.. once your freezer is free from frozen frost that is!!!
  • Thursday - Master bedroom & landing
    15 minutes...
    [STRIKE]Strip and wash bedding[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]vacuum mattress and replace clean sheets[/STRIKE]
    30 minutes to spare...
    Wash windows
    [STRIKE]HHC on the landing[/STRIKE]
    floordrobe clearance in the bedroom
    Got an hour...
    Sort out your present stash.. less than a month to go now!!.. Do you have enough paper?
    [STRIKE]Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Dust and wipe any paintwork[/STRIKE]
    Extras
    
    • Write those christmas cards and sort stamps for those to be posted
    • HHI
    • Binbag dance
    • Plan your shopping list for your christmas goodies.. don't forget the turkey! If you are ordering stuff from local shops.. pork pies/meat etc get it done this week!
    • Friday ~ Kiddies room.. if you have no kiddies do another room!
      15 minutes...
      Declutter the floors
      Strip the bedding get it washed dried and the beds remade!
      Spend half an hour loving yourself!
      30 minutes to spare...
      Vacuum the floors
      Straighten a cupboard of clothing
      Wipe the paintwork
      Got an hour...
      [STRIKE]Tidy a box of 'stuff'[/STRIKE]
      Binbag dance!.. See how many toys you can fling before the large guy in red arrives.
      Dust and deweb
      Extras
      
      • HHI
      • Wash windows
      • Fill a binbag for charity shop!
      • Wipe over ALL the upstairs doors!!

Narc0lepsy

I'm certainly in. Not quite so busy this week uni work wise; couple of hours tomorrow, at a training course in London all day Wed, 5 hrs currently booked for Thurs and only 1hr so far on Friday. 1 private assessment to arrange. So you saw it here - I haven't got strong grounds for saying I'm too busy to fly.......

RadioHorse

Thanks, Natty for the new thread.

I'm gonna come back in this week - it's been a depressing last couple of weeks but i'm back in the game.

*determined face*

froddington

I'm in - thanks Natty :A

Night all, sleep well xx

Monday ~ Bathroom and Pc Area

Clean floors in these rooms
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk and file the necessary bits and shred the rest!
Binbag dance

Frizzle_2

I'm in!
Only did he bathrooms on Friday so they are still all sparkly!

As Monday is my busy day. Work in the day and prep/marking in the evening, plus coaching tomorrow night, I know I will have no time tomorrow so my list s as follows

Hhi
Wm X1
Unload and load dw
Book Eurostar!

Hopefully I will manage that!